Plantain

n.
  1. Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the Plantago major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world.
    2. Indian plantain . (Bot.)
    See under Indian.
    Mud plantain ,
    a homely North American aquatic plant (Heteranthera reniformis), having broad, reniform leaves.
    Rattlesnake plantain ,
    an orchidaceous plant (Goodyera pubescens), with the leaves blotched and spotted with white.
    Ribwort plantain .
    See Ribwort.
    Robin's plantain ,
    the Erigeron bellidifolium, a common daisylike plant of North America.
    Water plantain ,
    a plant of the genus Alisma, having acrid leaves, and formerly regarded as a specific against hydrophobia.